Suez Oil Processing Company (SOPC)
About
1921-1967 
The Amerian Petroleum Refinery was established in 1921. It was established by the Egyptian government to refine the Atah crude and was commissioned and started production in 1923. 

In 1927. 
The plant has been expanded to increase production and improve its quality. 

In 1933. 
The Ministry of Finance entrusted the Fuel Department with the supervision of the plant and put into its machines and machines some improvements and reforms that led to increased production. 
 
And increase the share in kind obtained by the government of crude oil as a result of the discovery of new fields in Sinai in 1947, Production of the plant increased in late 1948 according to the increase in refined crude.
 
In 1953, a name was changed to the Government Oil Refinery. It included two refining plants with a capacity of 200, 800 tons per day and a device for the production of asphalt, which produced about 1,000 tons per day, about 300,000 tons annually of petroleum products, representing 8.5% of the consumption of Egypt at that time. 1.5 million tons in 1954.
 
In 2/1/1962, the President of the Republic issued Decree No. 226 for the year 1962 establishing Al-Nasr for the manufacture of petroleum and the production of petrochemical materials with an authorized capital of LE 30 million.
 
In 9/10/1962 the decision of the Board of Directors of the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC) to integrate the government petroleum refinery in Suez into Al-Nasr for the manufacture of petroleum and petrochemical production, and adopted it by the Republican Decree No. 992 for the year 62.
 
In December 30, 1962, the Board of Directors of the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation issued a resolution to change the name of Al-Nasr for the manufacture of petroleum and production of petrochemicals to the Suez Company for the manufacture of petroleum
 
And from 73 to 85
 
- The coalification complex has been reconstructed
- Establishment of a new complex for the reform of the auxiliary worker
- Establishment of air distillation unit (2 million tons / year)
- Establishment of an oil processing unit
 
During the period from 85 to 2014, the following actions were initiated:
- Replacement and renewal projects
- Project of the removal of carbonization bottlenecks
- Industrial Safety and Environmental Protection Project
- Establishment of a new administrative building.
- Recovery of flame gases (CDM)
- Establishment of the Suez transformer station for the manufacture of petroleum
- Development of the company's infrastructure
- Establishment of hydrogen production unit
- Establishment of sulfur production unit
- Establishment of water treatment unit
- Establishment of steam production unit (high and medium pressure)
- Establishment of sodium hypochlorite unit
- Establishment of a new oil separation tank
- Establishment of the administrative training center of the company
- Establishment of medical center for oil workers
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Company Offices

  • Egypt (headquarters)
  • Suez
  • Zaytiyat - Salah Nasim Street PO Box 100